July 19, 2007

G95: White Sox 4, Red Sox 2

Vazquez is having his best year since he left the Expos for the Yankees in 2003. Opponents are only hitting .231 against him in 121.2 innings, and his 114 strikeouts rank seventh in the American League. ...

Against the White Sox, Matsuzaka must defuse speculation that his workload has affected his recent performance. Over his past two starts, he has allowed 10 earned runs in 11 innings, including 19 hits and five home runs.

I know the ad comment will be trashed soon, but it's so pathetic to me how advertisers do that whole "Hey, it's me!" thing, as if any of us are dumb enough to see that and think, "Oh, that must be a friend of mine, I'll click on the link. Oh, it wasn't who I thought it was, but look at this great site! I'll buy all their products." Seriously. Capitalists are shameless.

heh, tim armstrong. If that was directed towards me, I can only stop and say in a heavy thick Tim Armstrong british/dyslexic accent

"I gotta boston base-a-ball, with some diamonds and guns, diamonds and guns, gangstas and thugs/david ortiz, david ortiz, david ortiz and the suicide squeeze" (much better in person with the classic accent)

Just thought I would fill you in on the latest WEEI thoughts on the Red Sox.

Tony M. of the Herald and Butch Stearns of Fox are on the big show with Glenn Ordway. Their fix for this teams offensive woes - trade minor leaguers for Dye, sit Drew and make him the 4th outfielder for the rest of the team.

Dye-.230-.284-.446 with 16HR and 4 rbi more than Lugo. Plus, I think he was hurt for awhile. But once out of that pressure-cooker in Chi and into a more relaxed Fenway atmosphere, I'm sure he'd turn it around. Plus everybody needs to carry a 4th OFer making 14 mil. Maz still gets paid for this, right?

I was gonna put on EEI before, but I forgot. Glad I forgot now. Pretty steady rain now, but light. I'd play in this, but I'd play in a hurricane. They do have three rain-free days in a row to do a doubleheader if necessary.

well off to the Texas Roadhouse for some grub. When I get back I expect to see (assuming no rain out), this team winning 10 - 4, and seeing oohs ands aahs on this page about a wily mo home run over centerfield bleachers.

I would need two HRs from WMP to even murmur and ooh or aah. And even then, it'd be "Ooh, now we can get a decent reliever for him."

I wanted to believe in him, but conventional wisdom has a strong case. He needs to play every day and can't go to the minors, so trade him to some small market team and let him play every day. If he turns into an Ortiz, so be it.

I was at the game tonight. Ridiculously frustrating. This is one of the worst Ls of the year. It's not the ump's fault, but it really made it worse that the 2-run single came right after DiceK should have had strike 3.